Nine people are seated at a round table. In how many different ways can these prople be arraged at the table?
This question is a little tricky, just because it is a circular table, so it will affect what you put into your calculator as opposed to a regular table.
This is the magic formula you must use in order for it to work...
(n-1)!
Yes that is it!! So for this question it would look like this.....
(9-1)!
So just type that into your calculator and you should get..
There are 40320 different ways that 9 people can be arranged around the table.
This question is a little tricky, just because it is a circular table, so it will affect what you put into your calculator as opposed to a regular table.
This is the magic formula you must use in order for it to work...
(n-1)!
Yes that is it!! So for this question it would look like this.....
(9-1)!
So just type that into your calculator and you should get..
There are 40320 different ways that 9 people can be arranged around the table.